Super happy to see all the lovely new people here. I hope you find the warmth and welcoming community here to your liking and I look forward to your ideas and thoughts.

I also really hope some habits I didn’t care for on the bird site stay there though, like name calling of groups you’re not a fan of. I feel COSO has raised the bar on respectful dialogue across differences and would so love for this place to stay that way.

Thanks for listening new folks 💖💖💖

Ok dear Nauts, hope you all have good rest whenever you’re able to. I stayed up a wee bit late but had so much fun catching up.

I’m terrible at tagging/remembering handles, but there are a few of you in the thick of it I’m sending happy thoughts your way daily even though I may not post about it. Sincerely hope your trials and tribulations improve but we’re all here for you come what may.

Hugs and love always

@redenigma I honestly think part of it is the long term side effect of the powerful greed in our country. The rich keep getting richer and the scraps left makes it impossible for families to save for emergencies let alone vacations to other places. Combine that with chronic education under funding and a system that teaches kids to take tests instead of critical thinking and voila, insular people who don’t have the tools easily available to change their place or state of mind.

I’ve given myself a new social media rule. If I’m elsewhere and start to feel anxious or angry, I end my time there and come here or go do something else away from the internet entirely. Mental health is significantly improved. Thank you everyone for the intentional good atmosphere here

Wishing everyone a lovely weekend ahead 💕

I just heard from my hubs that #LowerDecks has been canceled 😞

I so hope another network picks it up and gives the writers their freedom to keep doing great work. It's truly one of my fave shows

Sending happy thoughts to anyone who needs them. Here's hoping your day gets brighter and any troubles get lighter.

Hugs and love #coso

My girl is saying: Mom, it's bedtime 😂

#DogsofCoSo

Hi folks, hoping something bright and beautiful brings you a smile soon

Hugs and love

#politics #Ukraine

Just called my Rep to push funding for Ukraine being his top priority. I somehow missed my address shifting in the district redraw and I now have a GOP rep. Hoping my framing it about Freedom helped get attention. 🤞 Gave them an email address I'm about to turn off so I don't get spammed

#politics
I was going to rant about how awful #MAGA folks are talking nonsense about Navalny and conflating with #Trump but really what's the point? Unless we have a mass cult reacclimation to civil society, it won't change anything. I'm generally an optimist but I've lost the ability to hope they will change 😔

So the next best thing is to make sure all the sane people in the USA #Vote against all #MAGA candidates 🙏🤞

I'm so sad about the world losing Alexei Navalny. He was truly a hero for his people 😢

Well, it happened again, my back 40 is flooded.

2024 is off to a wet start, 2nd time in 2 months...

We've seen river up but not rising above the banks in the prior three years we've been here.

Mother Nature is amazing

Checking to see if there are any other #GenX out there dealing with #eldercare and possible #dementia

Dad of my heart (FIL) my 2nd Mom (MiL) have both had a lot going on, and now my #1 Mom is also having some issues. Sis and I are worried about dementia beginnings.

Sis has no clue on elder care stuff so I guess the silver lining to the in-laws situation is I know what to do now for Mom. Step 1: get her referral to neurologist going.

Step 2: Go wherever it leads and make the best of it